Africa
Africa: Google announces 30000 developer scholarships for africans
Google announced 30,000 Android and Google Cloud training scholarships for aspiring and professional developers in Africa. The program is meant to increase the ...
Africa
Central African Republic: Bank of Central African States Urges CAR to Annul Bitcoin As Currency
The Cameroon-headquartered Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has urged the Central African Republic (CAR) to annul a law it passed in late ...
Kenya
Kenya: Safaricom to launch M-Pesa for kids
Safaricom is on a mission to redefine the financial culture of Kenya and hopefully the entire African continent Telecom giants and owners of ...
Kenya
Kenya: CMA sets tough rules for small firms issuing bonds
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has set tough conditions for small businesses seeking to raise below a quarter a billion shillings in Kenya’s ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenyans are protesting plans by tax authority to snoop on their online chats
There is outrage across Kenya after the country’s tax authority announced on May 11 that it plans to start mining data from digital devices in ...
News
Rwanda: Central Bank Maintains Key Repo Rate at 5%
National Bank of Rwanda has maintained the key repo rate–at which it lends to commercial banks– at 5 per cent and said domestic ...
Kenya
Kenya: Central bank raises Sh31 billion as May bond auctions fall below target
The National Treasury has raised Sh31.73 billion from the sale of two May bonds, falling below the target of Sh60 billion. The papers ...
Africa
Africa:Sasai Fintech’s Digital Wallet Secures GSMA Compliance, Increasing Digital Mobile Wallet Offering to its Customers
Securing this compliance helped Sasai, the leading diversified and integrated African fintech company, standardise its integration process Sasai Fintech (www.SasaiFintech.com), a business of ...
Innovation
Kenya: Liquid brings additional subsea cable capacity in Kenya in partnership with PEACE Cable Company
The additional capacity will help increase the proliferation of faster and more affordable internet, Cloud and cyber security services to the African people ...
Innovation
elev8 joins Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training Partner Program to develop and transform the Cloud Technology sector in Africa
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) released the Nigeria Cloud Computing Policy (NCCP) with the goal of achieving 30% increase in cloud ...